Culture
Tomato Time, Again!
[Roasted Tomato Puff Pastry Tart] By Margaret M. Johnson If it’s August, you can pretty much count on me to be writing something about tomatoes, a ...
August 09, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Recalling Gleason’s rule
PS1 today is home to MoMA PS 1 “Don’t call me ‘mayor.’ Just call me Paddy!" So said the last chief executive of Long Island City, a somewhat larger...
August 06, 2021
by Peter McDermott
Culture
EATING IN IRELAND: Those Were the Days
If you’re reading this, chances are you love Ireland. Chances are, too, that you’re a member of one of the many Facebook groups devoted to it: “The...
August 05, 2021
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
REELING IN THE YEARS: Not getting to say goodbye
It was a thrill to stand in the shade for a few minutes and have an in-person conversation with my neighbors Natalia and Camilla this morning. Sinc...
August 04, 2021
by Maura Mulligan
Culture
TRAD: Fabulous album is warm, inviting
I’m always thrilled when I get something from Pádraig Rynne because I know it’s going to be interesting, and I’m pleased to say his latest offering...
August 04, 2021
by By Daniel Neely
Inspiring, fascinating scholarship
[Deirdre Ní Chonghaile gets to the heart of each Aran collector’s motivations and practices.] A few weeks back I wrote about Dublin singer John Fra...
August 03, 2021
by Daniel Neely
Debut novel is ‘beautiful tapestry’
Jean Pasley first encountered the subject of her debut novel during time spent in Japan in her early adult years. Often upon telling people she was...
July 29, 2021
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Vol. 2 is major artistic statement
The Christmastime masquerade was revived as an educational tool to promote tolerance and understanding throughout Northern Ireland. PHOTOS BY BRIAN...
July 27, 2021
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Goat Cheese and Beets, A Winning Pair
Goat cheese blaa. Recipes | By Margaret M. Johnson It seems that all the world has discovered the winning mix of goat cheese and beets. The combina...
July 26, 2021
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
The Clocking Hen
The author's mother posing for a photo on a mower on the family farm near Mountmellick, Co. Laois. By Tom Phelan In Irish farmyard parlance a brood...
July 23, 2021
by Tom Phelan
Culture
Ringsend remembers Keogh, 100 years on
Local residents Mary O'Neill-Byrne, Rose Phipps and Marion Finn in style of dress of 100 years ago. By Michael Behan Margaret Keogh, the only membe...
July 22, 2021
by Michael Behan
Culture
'The Sparkling Dawn' is a must-have
“The Sparkling Dawn” tells a story of tradition and mentorship that spans 60 years. Traditional Music / By Daniel Neely Hey, if you haven’t checked...
July 20, 2021
by Daniel Neely